Five minutes. Beats flashcards.
Vocabulary is the one part of SAT prep that rewards small daily doses more than a weekend cram, and almost nobody does it that way because flashcards are miserable.
The Daily SAT Crossword is a way to do the daily dose without hating it: play today's. A new puzzle every day, every answer a real SAT vocabulary word, and clues written the way the test actually uses those words — in context, not as dictionary definitions.
A few things that make it usable rather than punishing. There's a head-start setting: crank it up and you get a couple of letters in each word to start, drop it down when you're ready for less help. There are synonym hints when you're stuck on one. And it tracks your streak, which is a small dumb thing that genuinely gets people to come back tomorrow, which is the entire point of a daily.
The words aren't random. They're pulled from a real SAT vocabulary bank, so the ones you learn are ones you might actually see.
One takeaway: five minutes of vocabulary a day beats a two-hour session the night before, and a daily puzzle is the least painful way to make the five minutes happen.
Play today's at forgesat.com/games/daily-cross.html. Free, no login. If you want to know whether vocabulary is even a weak spot for you, the diagnostic is free and will tell you — sign up and find out before you grind words you already know.
Forge is a beta, built by one developer who still teaches full-time. If a clue is wrong or a word won't fit, reply or email me and I'll fix it.